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This tree is frequent in the rocky hills above the ferry, and makes a mod beautiful 

 ppearance in the woods when in bloom : it rifes by a fingle (lender Hem, like the 



palms, and bears 



der, on moderate ribs difpofed 



tlofely together about the top, from the center of which the flower- fpike 



due feafons : this is very fpread 



d generally fhoots fo 



appea 



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blooming pyramid many feet above the foliage. The trunk is feldom divided, but 

 is fo very like what we have already defcribed und 



Englifi appell 



both 



fize and appearance, that I could never diftinguiih them when out of fl 



do I yet know which of the two is the true timbe 



•-tree. This would make 

 mod beautiful flowering- {hrub in a garden, for it feldom rifes above fourteen or li: 



feet from the ground, and its flowering- top is generally from four to fix feet 



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PHYLLANTHUS I, Foliis latioribus utrinque acaminatis apicim verfi 



L. H. C. & Sp. PI 



natisy ad crenas fcridis. 

 Phyllanthus foliis lanceolatis jerratis, crenis foriferis. 



Phyllanthus. Cat. ii. t. 26. & Hemionitidi ajfinis, 6cc. Pk. t. 36. f. 7. 



The large- leafed Phyllanthus. 



Periantium Nullum. 



Corolla Monopetala ad bafim ufque in quinque partes feSla. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque brevijjima-, anthera?* fubrotunda circa bajim 



ger minis fitcz, 



Piftillum. Germen fubrotundum ; ftyli tres bre e uiores i ftigmata tenuia quan- 



doque lacerata. 



Pericarpium. Capfula fubrotunda tricocularis. 

 Semina In finguio loculamento bina. 



PHYLLANTHUS 2. Foliis angujlis longioribus levijjime crenatis % quando- 



que confer tis. 



Phyllanthus Americanus angufiiori et longiori folio. Pk. t. 247. f. 4. 



The narrow-leafed Phyllanthus. 





Both thefe fmall (limbs are very common in the rocky hills of jfamaica, and fel- 

 dom rife more than four or fix feet above the root, but are often much lower : they 

 are both remarkable for the difpofition of their flowers and feed-veflels. 



PUMILEA. 1. Minima fubhirfut a, foliolis angujlis prof unde ferratis. 



Chamaecyftus, &c. Petiv. Gaz. t. 38. f. 9. 



Chamaeeyftus urticce folio; &c. Slo. Cat. 87. & H. t. 127. 



The fmaller Pumilea. 



F'eriantium Tubulatum infundibuliforme, bratfeis geminis linearibus fuf- 



fultum ; limbus quinquepartitus. 



Corolla Pentapetala, petal is ova tis, unguibus angujlis tubo calicis adnatis. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque longitudine tubi calicis ; antherse cordata in 



collo calicis fit a. 



Pid ilium. Germen ovatum j flyli tres longitudine Jlaminum \ ftigmata 



ramofa. 

 Pericarpium. Capfula ovata unilocular is trivahis. 



Semina 



Sex Reniformia leniter comprcjfa. 



This little plant grows about Old-harbour ', and the foot of Liguanea-moim- 



5 always fimple and upright, and never rifes more than two or three inches 



tains ; it 1 



above the 

 leaves. 



the flowers are always fingle, and difpofed 



of the upper 





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